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Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are 'It might have been.' Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. in the book, Cat's Cradle. According to Wikiquote, it is a variation of the poem "Maud Muller" by John Greenleaf Whittier: "For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: "It might have been!"

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